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## kohacon2k6

Reduced blogging presents: thoughts from the kohacon2k6 trip:-

  * land travel is still cheaper than air - GBP30 instead of GBP200 \- airport departure tax alone is GBP50
  * check-in halls are grungy, though
  * can get BBC R4 in fr thanks to 200kHz
  * food prices at stations are horrific
  * surprisingly many people in fr who don't speak fr
  * hot room = sleep
  * opencataloger
  * international bug reporting is needed
  * koha france user group: afu-koha?
  * free culture = free x(software +content +access)
  * blackheath has lots of greenery
  * long traffic jams
  * hot weather = naked drivers!
  * mashed potato gallery?
  * it's election day for some when I return

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## Librarian Comments

[Liberty and the Librarian [Guest commentary by Beverly C. Lucey at The
Irascible Professor]](http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-11-10-06.htm)

    

Access to computers in libraries is also critical to learning and a pathway to
the outside world. It's a small attempt to even the divide among economic
classes. Many libraries now subscribe to a pricey database that can allow
sophisticated research beyond the clutter of regular search engines. A self-
directed learner could gain quite an education by employing the new technology
with some old fashioned digging. We have a smart, productive population. But
millions of poor or newly arrived people do not have a free ticket to ride the
campus bus.

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